CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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backslider in CommonParlance
- definition someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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backsliding in CommonParlance
- definition a failure to maintain a higher state
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backspace in CommonParlance
- definition the typewriter key used for back spacing
- definition hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
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backspace character in CommonParlance
- definition a control character that indicates moving a space to the left
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backspace key in CommonParlance
- definition the typewriter key used for back spacing
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backspacer in CommonParlance
- definition the typewriter key used for back spacing
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backspin in CommonParlance
- definition spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
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backstage in CommonParlance
- definition concealed from public view or attention
- definition a stage area out of sight of the audience
- definition out of view of the public; behind the scenes
- definition in or to a backstage area of a theater
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backstair in CommonParlance
- definition secret and sly or sordid
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backstairs in CommonParlance
- definition secret and sly or sordid
- definition a second staircase at the rear of a building
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backstay in CommonParlance
- definition a stay that supports the back of something
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backstitch in CommonParlance
- definition an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- definition do backstitches
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backstop in CommonParlance
- definition (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- definition (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- definition a precaution in case of an emergency
- definition act as a backstop
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backstroke in CommonParlance
- definition a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
- definition swim on one's back
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backstroker in CommonParlance
- definition someone who swims the backstroke
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backswept in CommonParlance
- definition used of hair
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backswimmer in CommonParlance
- definition predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
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backsword in CommonParlance
- definition a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
- definition a sword with only one cutting edge
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backtalk in CommonParlance
- definition an impudent or insolent rejoinder
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backtrack in CommonParlance
- definition retrace one's course
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backup in CommonParlance
- definition an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- definition someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- definition a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- definition (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- definition the act of providing approval and support
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backup file in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
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backup man in CommonParlance
- definition a man who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
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backup system in CommonParlance
- definition a computer system for making backups
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backup woman in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)